Mrs. Kenneth Penman
Maycot
12 Commonside
Keston
Kent

“Passed by Censor” stamp: No. 621
Red circular stamp: Official Paid London

Gnr. Penman 1440280
Sec 4 194/60 HAA
B.E.F.

No. 14 (I’spose I’m superstitious) my last was No. 12 of the 18th)

May 25th 1940

My Darling,

I hope the bare receipt of this letter will make you feel a lot better. Since I wrote you last a week ago, not only have I had no opportunity of writing to you each day, as I promised, but it has also been virtually impossible to get a letter away or even censored.

The last hectic nine days have seemed like a lifetime to all of us, but we are all safe now and very cheerful. I’ve thought such a lot about you and you would be just a little amusedt to see in what queer places your picture has graced.

I’ve been very frightened sometimes but never, I think, sufficiently upset to forget a letter to you. The B.E.F. have been fighting very hard these last six days, [CENSORED – moving] sometimes [CENSORED – three] [CENSORED – times] in one day—I do hope the people at home don’t think, in view of German success, that we are a washout.

This is all very tender, paragraph darling, but if I don’t get another letter to you before the 23rd of next month, this one must contain my many happy returns and all my love and every thing that’s beautiful. Take care of yourself, my dearest one, and give Jill…

…a hug for me.

Your loving husband,
Kenneth